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Replace Mahatma Gandhi's photo with Netaji's on currency notes as...: Hindu body

The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has now raised a demand to replace Mahatma Gandhi's photo on currency notes with that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose -- triggering a fresh controversy. Gandhi's photo should be replaced with that of Netaji," Chandrachur Goswami, West Bengal working president of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, said at a press conference in Kolkata. Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha demands that Mahatma Gandhi's photo on currency notes should be replaced with that of Netaji This comes following the uproar after the Hindu organisation had the idol of Mahushasur resembling Mahatma Gandhi in a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata. The Asur row evoked a sharp response from chief minister Mamata Banerjee who said that people would give a befitting reply to those who insulted Mahatma Gandhi.

Hindustan Times

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